- In today's video,
I'm going to show you how to make overnight oats with yogurt.
For today's recipe, I am using large flaked oats.
They are old-fashioned oats or also called rolled oats.
A lot of people ask me if they can use the quick oats
for these overnight oats recipes.
And my simple answer is of course you can use them,
but they are going to almost dissolve
into liquid in the yogurt.
So you're just almost going to have
a thick yogurt and fruit kind of cup.
So I really prefer large old-fashioned oats.
I have a lot of recipes for these,
and you could even use steel-cut oats.
And I have a couple of recipes
for overnight oats with steel cut.
So you're going to want to check those out,
but the first thing you're going to do
is take your oats and put them in your jars.
I have about a fourth of a cup of oats
that I'm going to place inside of each jar.
Now I am using these eight ounce smaller jars.
You could also use one large container and mix it all up
and then scoop out a single serving the next morning.
Now to the oats, the very basic simple
is going to be oats, yogurt, fruit, and milk,
but I'm also going to add
for extra nutrition, some chia seeds
because they thicken up and they add fiber.
So just about a half a teaspoon per jar is good.
I'm all about the toppings,
on pizza, on tacos, and on my oats.
Up next I'm adding some ground flax seed, or flax meal.
And just about half a teaspoon to a teaspoon.
This provides more fiber, Omega-3s.
Also, it makes your oats really thick and delicious,
and I forgot the last two.
So more in the back.
You can also customize these.
You can make one big batch.
I really like hemp seeds on yogurt.
So of course they're going to go in my oats,
but remember, these are add-ons.
You don't need a lot.
They're just a little bit something
to make your overnight oats,
it takes them from plain to extra special.
Now up next, I'm going to add some sliced strawberries.
You could also use blueberries or apples, bananas,
whatever you want.
If you are using fruit on your overnight oats,
know that up to three days is what I recommend
because after two to three days in the jar,
in the milk and the yogurt,
the berries will turn a little like soft and mushy.
So it's always a good idea to make as much as you'll need
or you know you'll consume.
Up next is our yogurt.
You can use Greek yogurt or regular low-fat,
non-fat plain yogurt, whatever your favorite yogurt is,
or you have on hand.
The yogurt is going to moisten the oats,
but also make this a really thick
and creamy overnight oat jar.
And if you're thinking, oh, can you make these dairy free?
You could use dairy free yogurt and dairy free milk
for this recipe.
So definitely you could do that.
And our final ingredient is milk.
I'm using dairy milk,
but again, if you want to make this recipe dairy free
use dairy free yogurt and milk alternative.
One of the reasons I love making this as individual jars
is that I just have to fill enough milk up to the rim.
And I already know, I measure too little, all good.
All right so a little more milk onto my jars
is what we need.
I'm going to take the same spoon
and just mix everything in my jar.
That way the oats get some of the liquid
and the yogurt mixes in all of my add-ins as well.
Our final step is to take our lids
and place them on the jars
so that messes don't happen in the refrigerator.
And they do cook by themselves.
And oats don't cook, they just soak in the liquid overnight.
Eight hours at a minimum.
If you're really short on time,
they should have softened after four.
All right, guys, so we wouldn't have to sleep over
and wait till tomorrow, I made one ahead of time
so you can see what it looks like.
Full of yogurt, milk berries, hearty oats,
and all my favorite add-ins.
Guys let's check these out.
Mm, worth the wait.
Thick, hearty, creamy, so good.
Grab the link to these yogurt overnight oats
in the link below the video,
as well as all the other overnight oats recipes.
See you next time.
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